Aloha Friday – Week 21

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing heavy or too thought-provoking.

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Today’s question is:

What was your favorite toy as a child?

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Hallo – I keep forgetting to play and posting on Friday too early … As to your question – I liked my rainbow bright dolls, especially the baddy Dusky Grim that my sister had but I did not… oh – I had a BAD case of jealousy.

Of course, I played with the Barbies and the My Little Ponies. But the thing I remember playing with the most was my bike. I would go outside for hours and ride my bike up and down the street; pretending I was racing, or hurrying to save someone, or getting away from the “bad guys” or just seeing how fast I could go. I grew up in Texas, so the weather usually permitted this most of the year.

it would be a toss up between my all my barbie dolls and their paraphenalia and my bike. like others wrote, not only did my bike take me to places, it took me away from home. it was my escape and my wings.

Hands down, my bike was my favorite “toy.” My brother and I spent most our summers home alone – starting when he was 8 and I was 5. We lived in a small town (about 900 people) about 8 miles away from “the city” (about 35000 people) We would ride our bikes around all. day. long – to the school to play baseball, to the woods to climb trees – to friends’ houses to play – around and around and around playing cops and robbers. I STILL love my bike!

O.K. this is going to sound very strange to some but…Well here it is. When I was a child we were VERY poor. I was the last of eight children. I loved nature and still do. So my very favorite toy… was bug races. Cute little garden beetles lined up, or as my Beloved husband recently told the children …You make a large circle and then a small circle in the center. Then you place the little critters in the center of the smaller center circle and see who’s critter gets out of the large circle first. You asked! I love gardening to…I guess that figures. I do not remember many toys that were manufactured.

Does anyone remember this? My favorite toy was…light bright. Except when I didn’t pick up all the colored pegs and they were caught in the shag rug and my Dad would step on one in the middle of the night. Not good!

I would have to say my favorite toy as a child was Barbies. I could play for days on end. And when I didn’t have cool furniture and stuff I would make my own. A hand towel made great furniture. A tupperware bowl doubled as a swimming pool and roller skates made for an interesting car. I ven used LP album covers that opened like a book for walls for my house. Who needs a Townhouse when you can have pre-decorated walls from the 50′s. LOL

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